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The brand new Gigabyte Aero 15W is the first new laptop to arrive with the six-core Intel Coffee Lake mobile chip inside it. And that’s not the only improvement Gigabyte have made to one of my favourite ever gaming laptops. A gaming laptop has to have one of the best gaming mice plugged in to make it perfect. When I checked out the original Aero 15 last year, after having a very brief, lustful daliance with it in Taiwan at Computex, I was rather blown away. Its mix of slimline aesthetic, dimension-warping bezel-less screen, and unexpected gaming performance made it a genuine object of desire. And now it’s back, with a slightly redesigned chassis and one of the first mobile six-core gaming chips ever made. That Intel Core i7 8750H is a six-core, 12-thread CPU with a 2.2GHz base clockspeed, but a maximum boost of 4.2GHz, all in the same 45W TDP that Intel gaming chips have been rocking for the past few generations. There’s also a pretty healthy 9MB of cache memory on … [Read more...] about Gigabyte Aero 15W review: six-cores of Intel Coffee Lake magic in an ultrabook style

The first systems featuring new processors that combine Intel Kaby Lake-G CPU cores with AMD Radeon RX Vega graphics are available to order, with the first wave being 15-inch convertibles. They include Dell's XPS 15 2-in-1 and HP's Spectre x360.As you might recall, Intel announced last November that it was working with rival AMD to build new Core processors with custom Radeon graphics inside a single chip package, with an emphasis on gaming performance. While not a death knell for Intel's own integrated graphics, we viewed this as one of the most exciting pieces of hardware news in the last decade. We wrote about what this partnership could mean for PC gaming—short version, the team-up potentially has far reaching ramifications.Starting with Dell, this is the first time it has offered an XPS 2-in-1 in a 15-inch body. The least expensive configuration costs $1,500 and is built around an Intel Core i5-8305G processor, a 4-core/8-thread chip clocked at 2.8GHz to 3.8GHz, with 6MB of … [Read more...] about Dell and HP are taking orders for laptops running hybrid Intel-AMD chips

In the follow-up to Intel SKylake-X CPUs launch, Intel noted that Core i9-7800X and multi-core chips will feature Two AVX-512 Units with Core i7 in the Skylake-X CPU family will feature only one. However, now Intel has clarified that all Intel Skylake-X CPUs will feature Two AVX-512 Units. This will come as a relief to PC enthusiasts as before this, if anyone wanted full AVX-512 capabilities had to buy a 10 core or higher CPU and with the clarification from Intel itself, things will be easier for everyone and those who already own an i7 from Skylake-X family will take full advantage of AVX-512 capabilities. While it is a good step from Microsoft that it has clarified the confusion, however, those who wanted full AVX-512 capabilities had to buy the expensive high-end processors whether or not they had a need for it not since the launch of Intel Skylake-X CPUs till now. Meaning many had to buy expensive CPUs, going over budget, just to get full AVX-512 capabilities in the processor. This … [Read more...] about All Intel Skylake-X CPUs Feature Two AVX-512 Units, Intel Clarifies Months After Launch

Intel has made quite a leap in performance for its Coffee-Lake line of processors and now it seems that Intel is preparing a mobile version of its Core i9 processor as specs for the Intel Core i9-8950HK inside unreleased MSI laptop have leaked online. The Intel Core i9-8950HK leak comes from 3DMark who tested out the yet to be released MSI laptop with dual GTX 1080 along with Intel Core i9 mobile processor. According to the leak, the processor has 6 cores with 12 threads and the processor itself will be unlocked meaning users will be able to overclock the i9. Videocardz was able to screenshot the specs for Core i9-8950HK which reveal that the processor will have a base clock of 2.9 GHz and 3.9 GHz with the turbo. While it is just a leak but, it seems that laptop manufacturers have their hands on the chip to manufacture their laptops. In related news, with the launch of Coffee Lake processors, Intel has taken its lead back from AMD in January 2018. According to report, Intel has skipped … [Read more...] about Unlocked Intel Core i9-8950HK With 6 Cores 12 Threads Spotted Inside Unreleased MSI Laptop

Seems like 2018 is not Intel’s year. If Meltdown and Spectre were not enough new Intel AMT vulnerabilities have been found that put millions of enterprise laptops and networks at risk. Active Management Technology is technology that is used for remote access purposes and with this threat, hackers can get access to corporate laptops in a matter of minutes. You will not be able to protect yourself even if you have a BIOS password or anti-virus installed. Hackers can use this vulnerability to access your device and then take control of the whole device as well as gain access to the entire network. You can imagine why this can be a threat as corporate data can be very sensitive and at times should not be revealed to the general public before the allotted time. An attacker could potentially distract the user of the laptop for a few seconds and then insert a programmed USB into the laptop. After that is done it is just a matter of a few minutes before he has access to the device and … [Read more...] about New Intel AMT Vulnerabilities Allow Hackers To Hijack Laptops In Minutes